KVM is pretty good too and it's free and it's not an Oracle product. :-)
And I run Windows7 on it on a daily basis...

On Mon, 21 Oct 2013, N K wrote:

> Installing a virtual machine might be a good option (then loading
> Windows onto it).
> I've not had much luck with WINE, unless you are dealing with very
> common Windows programs or games.
>
> VirtualBox is pretty good, and it's free. It is an Oracle product, but
> as long as that doesn't matter...there you go!
> I'll probably be installing  a virtual machine to run evaluation copies
> of Windows 8 and SQL Server, soon.
> Not that I love them, but I might need them fora future job.
>
> Windows XP is no longer going to be patched as of April 2014, if I read
> the news correctly.
> Now would be a good time to migrate to Linux.
> I recommend Mint or Mageia for the desktop (for a new user) but everyone
> has their favourites.
>
> Cheers,
> -- Nicholas
>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:38:23 -0500 (CDT)
>> From: Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com>
>> To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org>
>> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] When is the next Installfest?
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>> Paul G--
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>> Please stop sending messages that intend to ridicule or provoke.  Thanks.
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>> Mike
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>> On Sun, 20 Oct 2013, paul g wrote:
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>>> Who cares?
>>>
>>>> Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 12:21:58 -0500
>>>> From: n0nas at amsat.org
>>>> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
>>>> Subject: [tclug-list] When is the next Installfest?
>>>>
>>>> When is the next Installfest?
>>>>
>>>> I know that Ubuntu 13.10 is now released and last year the October
>>>> meeting was an Installfest for 12.10.
>>>>
>>>> I've got a friend I've been telling to upgrade from Win XP to Linux,
>>>> probably to 12.04.3LTS, and it would help a lot if there was a guru
>>>> around to help him get his Windows programs running under wine & mono.
>>>> His only interest is getting a stable environment to run the
>>>> ATCSmonitor program for remote server installations monitoring
>>>> railroad trains..... I'm too much a newbie to help him, so the
>>>> Installfest would be the best time to try....
>>>>
>>>> Doug Reed
>>>> N St Paul.
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